Why I Don't Want You to Buy a Mac

No, I have not lost my mind or defected back to the Redmond fold. Since I'm still a diehard Mac fan, let me elaborate. I was talking with my kid brother today about our Macs. Ever since he converted to the Mac platform, he's had no downtime or malware or system lockups. (Right here, I will admit that my wife and kids' Vista machines have performed flawlessly from day one.)

But getting back to my conversation with my brother. He had asked me why there is so little Mac malware circulating. He was under the impression that Macs are impervious to malware. Simply not true.

There are no "perfectly secure" operating systems. I informed him that while our Macs are as secure as any operating system, the fact that there are fewer them in use makes them less of a target for the architects of digital disease. I like being in an OS minority and to that end, the less Mac users there are the longer we'll stay under the malware radar.

That said, I still proselytize to everyone with whom I have a computer conversation all of the benefits the Mac has to offer. Naturally, I would never really ask anybody not to buy one. What's my motto? Once you go Mac you don't go back!